1. Kim Goldman, sister of the late Ron Goldman, who killed along with Nicole Brown Simpson in 1994, said she considered killing O.J. Simpson when she saw him alone following his acquittal in her brother's murder trial.

"I was driving in a strip mall and this figure walked in front of my car, and I knew it was him,'' Goldman told Savannah Guthrie on TODAY Friday. "I was revving the engine, and I thought, 'I could take him out and nobody would ever know.'" But she said she couldn't do it because "I'm not a killer."

2. A photo of a bikini-clad Brooke Birmingham went viral after she said it was rejected for Shape magazine’s website. The photo, taken after Birmingham lost 172 pounds, showed excess skin around her midsection, a reality of weight loss that she proudly wanted to show others.

3. Noah has replaced Jacob as the most popular baby name for boys, while Sophia remains the No. 1 name for girls, according to the Social Security Administration, which revealed its top baby names of 2013 on TODAY Friday.

The two names deserve their rankings, according to Pamela Satran, co-founder of the baby name website Nameberry: “Both names have long histories, worthy namesakes and a modern, fashionable feel."

4. After Avery Harrison received the devastating news in January that she had stage four breast cancer, her mother, Lynne Hendrix, gave her constant support. “My mom became my angel, my strength,” Harrison, 38, wrote in an email to TODAY.

When Harrison told her mom that they had won a contest to appear on TODAY Friday, Hendrix didn’t know her daughter would give her an amazing surprise live on the show. “Mom, I just wanted to share with you my recent test results,” an emotional Harrison said. “The doctor has said that my cancer is gone.”